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I'd like to add that even Deus Ex itself had cut corners and scope IN SPITE of that budget and manpower. This is true of so many successful, ambitious video games even when created by large studios, and I think that's worth thinking about
You can see a bunch of indie attempts at Deus Ex, and you can see all the ways they had to cut corners, scope, polish, whatever to make it happen
None have been able to hit that mark, and it's entirely because they just don't have the time/budget it'd take
(because there's no guarantee it'd sell)
None have been able to hit that mark, and it's entirely because they just don't have the time/budget it'd take
(because there's no guarantee it'd sell)
December 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I'd like to add that even Deus Ex itself had cut corners and scope IN SPITE of that budget and manpower. This is true of so many successful, ambitious video games even when created by large studios, and I think that's worth thinking about
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Just discovered the JP counterpart to the legendary Solstice box art......
December 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Just discovered the JP counterpart to the legendary Solstice box art......
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one lesser awful thing about the Epstein files is that genuine crimes against a huge number of children are being morphed into fuel for the influencer industrial complex who don't care about truth or accuracy and just want grist for the content mills
December 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
one lesser awful thing about the Epstein files is that genuine crimes against a huge number of children are being morphed into fuel for the influencer industrial complex who don't care about truth or accuracy and just want grist for the content mills
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This is the most coked up you can be without actually opening a restaurant during the presser
yeah I mean it’s genuinely sad that the “reasonable old school” Republican (who Dems eagerly and unanimously voted to confirm) is out here doing pressers blatantly geeked out coke and it’s not subtle
December 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This is the most coked up you can be without actually opening a restaurant during the presser
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To celebrate the holidays, we've uploaded a lengthy review discussion of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond on our bonus channel. To get a taste, here is Kiki's galaxy brained solution to the conundrum of Samus not speaking. This and more over in the full video. Click the link!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dWj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dWj...
December 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
To celebrate the holidays, we've uploaded a lengthy review discussion of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond on our bonus channel. To get a taste, here is Kiki's galaxy brained solution to the conundrum of Samus not speaking. This and more over in the full video. Click the link!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dWj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dWj...
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AAA video game character going to the toilet: "I'll take these stairs." "Ah, there it is, the bathroom." "Better open the door." "The door's open, nice." "Gonna pull my trousers down now." "Sitting down." "Okay, here we go." "I needed that." "Okay, time to fl
December 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
AAA video game character going to the toilet: "I'll take these stairs." "Ah, there it is, the bathroom." "Better open the door." "The door's open, nice." "Gonna pull my trousers down now." "Sitting down." "Okay, here we go." "I needed that." "Okay, time to fl
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Not long left now!
Paradise Killer is currently FREE on Epic Games Store as one of their festive free games! 😱
May the Silent Goat walk with you!
💗💜💙
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/paradise-killer-c3ea1c
May the Silent Goat walk with you!
💗💜💙
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/paradise-killer-c3ea1c
December 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Not long left now!
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OH MY GOD THEY DID
Oh did they do that thing where they're just another layer in the PDF.
I have to presume they’ve redacted all these Epstein documents in such a hamfisted way that you just need to dial up the brightness in Photoshop to be able to read them
December 23, 2025 at 4:35 AM
OH MY GOD THEY DID
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my brain insisted i make this in a fugue state before eating dinner. mysterious energy. unsure what it means
December 23, 2025 at 4:32 AM
my brain insisted i make this in a fugue state before eating dinner. mysterious energy. unsure what it means
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If you play as a Cheese Wizard, Shadows Over Loathing is technically a Crimbo game.
(SOL is 25% off on the Playstation Store... Happy Holidays!)
store.playstation.com/en-us/produc...
(SOL is 25% off on the Playstation Store... Happy Holidays!)
store.playstation.com/en-us/produc...
December 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If you play as a Cheese Wizard, Shadows Over Loathing is technically a Crimbo game.
(SOL is 25% off on the Playstation Store... Happy Holidays!)
store.playstation.com/en-us/produc...
(SOL is 25% off on the Playstation Store... Happy Holidays!)
store.playstation.com/en-us/produc...
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![90s standup comedian: i dunno, you ever just have these... really bad feelings, like - out of nowhere, no reason? not even depression kinda feelings?
dr. katz: oh, sure. we all get that. i'm - not supposed to say things like this, but. i had a moby as a client once.
comedian: yeah? the musician?
dr. katz: mmm.
comedian: what about him?
dr. katz: well its the darnedest thing, but, every time he talked, about anything - anything at all, food, dates, clouds-
comedian: mm?
dr. katz: i just kept thinking 'you know what'd be great?'
comedian: what.
dr. katz: 'if a car hit me right now.'
[JAZZ TRANSITION TO MOBY WITH HIS HEAD STUCK IN A BANNISTER]
moby: little help please.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:35eccnxm5yqj547shcagl6bx/bafkreichoncaawzoeyavoulb7nfjy2ehli3l6jmydu64icwwbbdk7bqdpe@jpeg)
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Yeah, it’s almost as if “virtue signaling” was a good way to publicly reinforce the values and behaviors that society should find virtuous, and therefore was never a bad thing to do.
“It turns out that banishing the slur from public discourse was, in fact, important. Because now it’s back and it turns out that it does matter when subtext becomes actual text, when terrible people enable open hatred and bigotry, encouraging others to emulate them, degrading us all.”
Perry: The return of the r-word
"These days, the r-word slur has become a staple of the American right wing, uttered with few professional or social consequences," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Yeah, it’s almost as if “virtue signaling” was a good way to publicly reinforce the values and behaviors that society should find virtuous, and therefore was never a bad thing to do.
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i get some wild-ass comments. yeah, sure, you don't need drugs to treat ADHD. only medications!
December 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
i get some wild-ass comments. yeah, sure, you don't need drugs to treat ADHD. only medications!
I know Mr. Beast discourse is played out, but I just watched this old video where he dropped someone off in the woods, and told him to go inside this cabin and kill someone dressed as a princess to win a prize?? And he made him keep doing it? It wasn't even clear what the prize would be. Bizarre
December 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I know Mr. Beast discourse is played out, but I just watched this old video where he dropped someone off in the woods, and told him to go inside this cabin and kill someone dressed as a princess to win a prize?? And he made him keep doing it? It wasn't even clear what the prize would be. Bizarre
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Every time you buy Hypnospace I can feed my cats for another day. At full price I can also feed myself. Enough of these put together over the course of a month and I can pay my mortgage. Being a human is expensive af. Round and round and round we go, where capitalism stops no one knows!!
👋 HELLO
❓ DO YOU LIKE VIDEO GAMES
🎮 I'VE GOT AN ALL-TIME CAPITAL V VIDEO GAME RIGHT HERE
💲 IT'S CHEAP RIGHT NOW
🤑 LIKE STUPID CHEAP
🤔 LIKE WTF ARE WE EVEN DOING HERE CHEAP
🤬 LIKE WHO LET THIS HAPPEN CHEAP
🙄 ANYWAY
💻 IT'S ABOUT THE Y2K INTERNET
🍔 FOR LESS THAN THE PRICE OF A BURGER
☝️ BUY IT, K?
❓ DO YOU LIKE VIDEO GAMES
🎮 I'VE GOT AN ALL-TIME CAPITAL V VIDEO GAME RIGHT HERE
💲 IT'S CHEAP RIGHT NOW
🤑 LIKE STUPID CHEAP
🤔 LIKE WTF ARE WE EVEN DOING HERE CHEAP
🤬 LIKE WHO LET THIS HAPPEN CHEAP
🙄 ANYWAY
💻 IT'S ABOUT THE Y2K INTERNET
🍔 FOR LESS THAN THE PRICE OF A BURGER
☝️ BUY IT, K?
December 22, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Every time you buy Hypnospace I can feed my cats for another day. At full price I can also feed myself. Enough of these put together over the course of a month and I can pay my mortgage. Being a human is expensive af. Round and round and round we go, where capitalism stops no one knows!!
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HYPNOSPACE CHEAP GO BUY IT
💲4.99 on Steam!* Check out them bundles too!!
💲5.99 on Nintendo Switch! Plays great on Switch 2 as well!!
💲4.99 on GOG!* No DRM, and no download client needed!!
*Windows, Mac, & Linux :D
💲4.99 on Steam!* Check out them bundles too!!
💲5.99 on Nintendo Switch! Plays great on Switch 2 as well!!
💲4.99 on GOG!* No DRM, and no download client needed!!
*Windows, Mac, & Linux :D
December 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
HYPNOSPACE CHEAP GO BUY IT
💲4.99 on Steam!* Check out them bundles too!!
💲5.99 on Nintendo Switch! Plays great on Switch 2 as well!!
💲4.99 on GOG!* No DRM, and no download client needed!!
*Windows, Mac, & Linux :D
💲4.99 on Steam!* Check out them bundles too!!
💲5.99 on Nintendo Switch! Plays great on Switch 2 as well!!
💲4.99 on GOG!* No DRM, and no download client needed!!
*Windows, Mac, & Linux :D
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The giveaways this year have been bangers. Paradise Killer is a fantastic, weird murder mystery.
Y'know how evil cults in games always say they're creating a 'paradise'? This one did. It's fueled by blood sacrifice, but it's a 24/7 party island where eveyone's hot
And someone's murdered the leader
Y'know how evil cults in games always say they're creating a 'paradise'? This one did. It's fueled by blood sacrifice, but it's a 24/7 party island where eveyone's hot
And someone's murdered the leader
Paradise Killer is currently FREE on Epic Games Store as one of their festive free games! 😱
May the Silent Goat walk with you!
💗💜💙
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/paradise-killer-c3ea1c
May the Silent Goat walk with you!
💗💜💙
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/paradise-killer-c3ea1c
December 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The giveaways this year have been bangers. Paradise Killer is a fantastic, weird murder mystery.
Y'know how evil cults in games always say they're creating a 'paradise'? This one did. It's fueled by blood sacrifice, but it's a 24/7 party island where eveyone's hot
And someone's murdered the leader
Y'know how evil cults in games always say they're creating a 'paradise'? This one did. It's fueled by blood sacrifice, but it's a 24/7 party island where eveyone's hot
And someone's murdered the leader
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Here’s a “I didn’t play for a week and now the Christmas event stuff started and every recurring revenue system reset requiring a new pop up” version that is somehow twice as long
December 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Here’s a “I didn’t play for a week and now the Christmas event stuff started and every recurring revenue system reset requiring a new pop up” version that is somehow twice as long
People being purists about placeholder assets in game dev is so absurd. Nobody will see it. Nobody would get paid to work on it. Placeholders consist of anything from garbage scribbled by a programmer in 5 seconds to assets from other copyrighted work, because it famously *does not matter*
December 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
People being purists about placeholder assets in game dev is so absurd. Nobody will see it. Nobody would get paid to work on it. Placeholders consist of anything from garbage scribbled by a programmer in 5 seconds to assets from other copyrighted work, because it famously *does not matter*